green shoots
GREEN SHOOTS
ɡriːn ʃuːtsListen
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early signs of recovery, growth, or renewal after a period of decline, crisis, or stagnation; the botanical image of new plant growth emerging after winter or drought captures the tentative, hopeful quality of early positive signals; the phrase became prominent in economic commentary during the 1991 recession when UK Chancellor Norman Lamont used it to describe emerging signs of recovery, and it has since been applied to environmental, social, and political regeneration as well as economic revival
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